Layton's Porcine Point and a Punchline on Pigs
A Denver Republican brief notes Frederick Layton the Milwau- kee packer famed for his art gallery gift and blunt humor about handling hogs. The piece contrasts Layton's rise from butcher's apprentice to merchant prince and his gallery as a social hub. It also cites a Washington Star quip about practical flying machines and the need for simple homes after midnight.
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Layton
Porcine Point
Frederick Layton
Denver
Republican
Storage Charges Begin December First at Dillon Depot
In Dillon Montana effective December 1 1904 storage will be charged on all inbound freight uploaded on the platform or warehouse and on all outbound freight delivered onto our platform or into warehouse without a bill of lading. Unloaded freight stored past seventy two hours from 6 p m after unloading incurs daily charges of five cents per ton with minimums set per consignments under 2000 pounds. 8 S Carruthers agent.
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Dillon
Mont
Carruthers
Train Hits Burning Kansas Bridge Wrecks Engine
A Missouri Pacific passenger train No. 34 crashed into a burning bridge three miles west of Salina Kansas injuring four trainmen. Charles Walton suffered a serious scalp wound Charles Sherman fireman was bruised and scalded Ed Bonner news agent sprained back and Mail Clerk Campbell shoulder wrenched Passengers were shaken but uninjured The engineer had no warning until impact and the blaze is believed incendiary in origin.
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Kansas
Salina
Kan
Missouri Pacific
Here
Charles Walton
Charles Sherman
Ed Bonner
Campbell
Death of Recalcitrant Witness in Ballston NY
Rebecca Jones born in 1822 known for defying questions in the Gordon Hamersley will contest. She served the Gordon Hamersley family for over thirty years and was imprisoned for contempt after refusing to answer in surrogate court. The Marlborough Duchess and Lady Beresford received the vast fortune.
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Ballston
N. Y
Rebecca Jones
New York
Gordon-Hamersly
Miss Jones
Gordon-Hamersley
Louis Hamersley
Duchess of Marlborough
Beresford
Three Buildings Collapse in Harlem Construction
In Harlem New York three five and six story buildings under construction collapsed amid cold to warm weather changes. No deaths reported though many were endangered. A nearby six story flat on One Hundred and Thirty Fifth Street also collapsed, rear wall debris from roof to cellar. Eight buildings in the row face possible further collapse.
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New York
Harlem
Thirty-fifth Street
Thompson to Mexico Ambassadorship Claim Reiterated
Washington March 20 Senator Burkett said he is confident D E Thompson will become the next ambassador to Mexico. He noted a conversation with the president about succession rumors involving Assistant Secretary Loomis and M KE Conger. The president reportedly answered that Thompson would succeed Conger in September.
Pope Pius Receives Name Day Congratulations
In Rome on March 20 Pope Pius XII received thousands of congratulations in person and by message on his name day He celebrated mass with intimate friends and later hosted the sacred college in his library thanking cardinals for their wishes without a formal public address as Leo XIII sometimes did.
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Pope
Rome
Pope Pius
Sacred College
Hisbrary
Leo XIII
Saloons Brought Down In Olmutz by Two Women
Two women Mrs Slabb and Mrs Mizener smashed five saloons in Olmutz Kansas using hatchets and guns. A shot passed through a livery barn narrowly missing a man. Olmutz, a dry town, is described as a mix of Russians and Germans.
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Olmutz
Kan
Slabb
Mizener
Alaska Vessel Believed Lost After Sanak Driftage
Reports from Unga Alaska say the schooner Pearl that left December 7 for Sanak has not arrived. Wreckage and lumber ashore at Sanak suggest the vessel with 36 people aboard was lost on a rock near Sanak.
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Alaska
San Francisco
Unga
Pearl
Sanak
Four Killed in Lyric Theater Collapse
In Santiago de Chile on March 20 the Lyric theater gallery collapsed during an anti Catholic meeting. Four people died and many were injured in the disaster.
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Santiago de Chile
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